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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Tue Nov 3, 2020, 02:19 PM Nov 2020

Some of tech's biggest names donated millions of dollars ahead of the 2020 election

and most of it went to Democrats

Some of tech's biggest-name executives and other Silicon Valley power players donated millions of dollars to political campaigns ahead of the 2020 election.

The 2020 election is the most expensive in history, the result of a contentious presidential race and tight Senate and House races. It's meant major spending from millionaire and billionaire donors, including those who hail from the tech industry.

CNBC's Ari Levy calculated the total donations from tech leaders in the run-up to the 2020 election, citing data from the Center for Responsive Politics. The data showed that most spending went toward electing former Vice President Joe Biden and clinching Democratic control of the Senate.

CNBC found that billionaire executives like Asana's Dustin Moskovitz, former Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt, and Twilio CEO Jeff Lawson and his wife, Erica, were among some of the biggest contributors to pro-Biden super PAC Future Forward USA. During this election cycle, Moskovitz, Schmidt, and the Lawsons have spent about $24 million, $6 million, and $7 million, respectively.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/some-of-techs-biggest-names-donated-millions-of-dollars-ahead-of-the-2020-election-and-most-of-it-went-to-democrats/ar-BB1aEJ7B?li=BBnb7Kz

My guess is they probably want elected officials who believe in science.
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Some of tech's biggest names donated millions of dollars ahead of the 2020 election (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2020 OP
Not just science, if putin steals it, these companies will be taken over by the Eliot Rosewater Nov 2020 #1

Eliot Rosewater

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1. Not just science, if putin steals it, these companies will be taken over by the
Tue Nov 3, 2020, 02:25 PM
Nov 2020

new putinesque government.

Netflix will run ONLY pro leader content. All media sources like ABC, CBS etc will run ONLY pro leader content.

Medicare gone.

SS gone.

Want me to go on? think I am exaggerating? I am not talking to the OP, just anyone who wants to listen.

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